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New Bedford Textile Worker’s Strike of 1928 oral history interviews and research papers
Collection
Identifier: MC-009
Scope and Contents
The heart of the collection are the 55 oral history interviews, originally recorded on audiocassette of strike participants, family members of strikers, and strike leaders, along with transcripts and notes to a selection of these interviews. Further transcription is being done on an ongoing basis. The collection also includes background research conducted by committee members, copies of relevant publications on local labor history and the textile industry, a small selection of photographs...
Dates:
1821-1993; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1985
Omer E. Boivin papers
Collection
Identifier: MC-010
Scope and Contents
The majority of the collection consists of French-language newspapers and clippings pertaining to prominent members of the Fall River community, Franco-American organizations, and medical associations. The collection also contains notes, correspondence, and speeches from the various organizations of which Dr. Boivin was a member; programs for conferences and celebrations from The French Cultural Association and The St. Anne School; and a black and white photograph of the Lafayette Monument...
Dates:
1935-1977
Franco-American Civic League (Fall River, Mass.) records
Collection
Identifier: MC-011
Scope and Contents
The Franco-American Civic League (Fall River, Massachusetts) Historical
Collection is divided into six series. Series I consists of FACL administrative and subject files assembled
by Lucienne Dionne. Administrative files include the league’s bylaws and constitution, correspondence,
press releases and special event programs and tickets. Subject files cover individuals and organizations of
interest to members of the French Canadian community of Fall River. Series II consists of...
Dates:
1870 - 1993
“Just a few scraps of nutrition” scrapbook
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MC-012
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook was compiled by Mildred Louise Swift (born 1892 in Wrentham, MA) and chronicles her work as nutritional consultant to the Emergency Feeding Project of Fall River in 1932. The project fed 20,000 people (one-fifth of the population) during the height of the Great Depression by setting up commissaries for food distribution and educating families about nutrition. The scrapbook includes a list of typical food costs in 1932, suggested family food budgets, and a report on the...
Dates:
1932
John F. Kennedy assassination media collection
Collection
Identifier: MC-013
Scope and Contents
This collection was assembled by researchers in the course of their investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Lillian Castellano, a special investigator of the assassination of both John F. and Robert Kennedy, and a member of "The Kennedy Assassination Truth Committee," contributed the bulk of this collection. The collection contains analyses of the Zapruder film, photographs, negatives, and slides, a copy of the autopsy review report, and diagrams. Also included are copies...
Dates:
1963-c.1988
National Council of Jewish Women, New Bedford Section records
Collection
Identifier: MC-014
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of meeting minutes, section newsletters, event programs and flyers, correspondence, membership materials, treasurer’s records and related National Council materials. It is divided into four series: Series I, History, bylaws, meetings and officer files, 1925-1991; Series II, Publications and Publicity, 1923, 1927-1993; Series III, Chapter Subject files/Special Projects, 1935-1993; Series IV, National Council Materials, 1949-1993.
Dates:
1925-1993
Jewish War Veterans of the United States and Ladies Auxiliary, New Bedford Post 154 records
Collection
Identifier: MC-015
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of flyers, correspondence, newsletters, news clippings and photographs documenting the activities of Post 154. About half of the collection was once housed in four scrapbooks, 1957-1996; the other half was loose materials in envelopes. Records are inter-filed in a chronological arrangement.
Dates:
1918-2005 (bulk 1941-2005); Majority of material found within 1918-2005 ( 1941-2005)
Hebrew Ladies Helping Hand Society (New Bedford, Mass.) records
Collection
Identifier: MC-016
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a secretary’s record book of meetings, 1934-1941, a Treasurer’s journal, 1961-1971, ledger, bank statements, news clippings, correspondence and notices related to activities. No meeting minutes were kept from 1906-1924, but there is a complete record of meetings 1934-1941 and loose meeting notes for 1955-1991.
Dates:
1924-1986
Fall River Jewish community collection
Collection
Identifier: MC-017
Scope and Contents
Collection of files on various topics, organizations, families, individuals, and religious and educational institutions associated with the Jewish community of Fall River, Mass. Files contain newspaper clippings, anniversary booklets, photographs and typescript notes. Of special note is the census of Jewish families in Fall River, conducted in 1957. Information formerly in the collection on Temple Beth El has been transferred to MC 75.
Dates:
1886-1991 (bulk, 1955-1961); Majority of material found within 1955 - 1961
Sylvia and Luis Cotta family papers
Collection
Identifier: MC-018
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of photographs and ephemera of various members of the Sylvia family, family correspondence from five of the Sylvia brothers (Philip, Antone, Frederick, Lawrence, George) while they served in the military during World War II, and a selection of Philip Sylvia’s Little Compton, Rhode Island well drilling business and personal records.
Dates:
1890-1998
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